Projects
In-between Identities: generation 1.5 in Moroccan immigrants’ literature in Spain. Ghent University
In recent years, migration has become one of the defining features and preoccupations of European
societies and a prominent literary theme. During the 1970s and 1980s, Spain experienced a wave of
Moroccan migration that peaked at the beginning of the 1990s. Representations of Moroccan
immigrants in Spanish media and literature have tended to be negative, shaped by a long history of
tension between the two countries going ...
Immigrant's integration in several EU and non-EU countries: a time-use approach Ghent University
Levels of integration of immigrants in the EU and in non-EU countries such as Canada and the United States represent a key topic in research aiming to understand deviations and elaborate policy actions. The EU-funded TIMEUSE project will study the integration of immigrants by applying a new approach based on the amount of time immigrants and natives spend on daily activities. It will explore the differences between immigrants and natives, ...
Labour Migration and Population Ageing: anlyzing the effectiveness of current labour market integration and job councelling trajectories for newly arrived immigrants and individuals with a migration background in Flanders. University of Antwerp
Immigrants and Exclusion. Should Borders be Open? KU Leuven
Moving towards Resilience: Joint creation through music and movement for local, refugee and immigrant children. University of Antwerp
Moving towards Resilience: Joint creation through music and movement for local, refugee and immigrant children AP Hogeschool Antwerpen
Citizenship practices among undocumented immigrant mothers: A comparative ethnographic case study in Flanders (Belgium) and France Ghent University
Which citizenship practices for undocumented mothers? This is the central question of this study and argues that despite a position as legal and cultural outsiders this women are creating new practices of citizenship that go beyond nation, race and class. Through their mothering as care-work and daily encounters with others, the undocumented mothers create new hybrid identities and multiple belongings.